Hi, I have a system at the moment that I am looking to upgrade. I have about $3500k ready for the upgrade. I have a choice of two systems I can base things from but it appears that I am still sitting in a sweet spot.
I have either a i5 2500k on ASUS Maximums IV Gene 3 or an i7 970 Hex Core with Gigabyte UD5A. I have 16gb DDR3 2000Mhz running with the i5 at the moment. Running also an OCZ Revo Drive X2 240GB. I have EVGA GTX 580 3GB SLI. I am running a dell U2711 display at 2560 x 1440 complimented by 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 24" displays on either side.
I want to know what people would use as a CPU or just to replace it. Also to keep the GTX 580's or replace with new cards and then which cards GTX 670 or 7970?
Bit of a dilemma. I am replacing my Cooler master ATCS 840 case with a new COSMOS II or maybe an Antec P280, unsure yet. I have a cooler master 1200W Gold PSU so I am covered well enough there for anything really. Help would be appreciated, I want to max games out with FPS but occasionally I do use the system for live video editing and direct compute work for science projects I am tasked with. The rest of the work I do can be done without any drama.....
What would people change from what I have now?
I have either a i5 2500k on ASUS Maximums IV Gene 3 or an i7 970 Hex Core with Gigabyte UD5A. I have 16gb DDR3 2000Mhz running with the i5 at the moment. Running also an OCZ Revo Drive X2 240GB. I have EVGA GTX 580 3GB SLI. I am running a dell U2711 display at 2560 x 1440 complimented by 2 x Dell Ultrasharp 24" displays on either side.
I want to know what people would use as a CPU or just to replace it. Also to keep the GTX 580's or replace with new cards and then which cards GTX 670 or 7970?
Bit of a dilemma. I am replacing my Cooler master ATCS 840 case with a new COSMOS II or maybe an Antec P280, unsure yet. I have a cooler master 1200W Gold PSU so I am covered well enough there for anything really. Help would be appreciated, I want to max games out with FPS but occasionally I do use the system for live video editing and direct compute work for science projects I am tasked with. The rest of the work I do can be done without any drama.....
What would people change from what I have now?